The Thurber Carnival: Penguin Modern Classics
Autor James Thurberen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 ian 2014
This collection brings together the best of James Thurber's brilliantly funny, eccentric and anarchic writings. It includes his most famous work,The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which an ordinary man's fantasies have a more powerful hold on him than reality, as well as essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from all of Thurber's collections. Making fun of his own weaknesses and those of other people (and dogs) - the English teacher who looked only at figures of speech, the Airedale who refused to include him in the family, the botany lecturer who despaired of him totally - James Thurber is a true original, whose off-beat imagination shows us everyday life from a different angle.
James Thurber was born in 1894 at Columbus, Ohio, where, as he once said, so many awful things happened to him. After university (Ohio State) he worked at the American Embassy in Paris from 1918 to 1920, and then turned to journalism. From 1927 onwards he was on the staff of theNew Yorker, and first published much of his work in it. He died in New York in 1961, and is today recognised as one of America's greatest twentieth-century humourists.
'One of the absolutely essential books of our time'Saturday Review of Literature
'One of the great humorists'Sunday Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141395975
ISBN-10: 0141395974
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141395974
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
James
Thurber
was
born
in
1894
at
Columbus,
Ohio,
where,
as
he
once
said,
so
many
awful
things
happened
to
him.
After
university
(Ohio
State)
he
worked
at
the
American
Embassy
in
Paris
from
1918
to
1920,
and
then
turned
to
journalism.
From
1927
onwards
he
was
on
the
staff
of
theNew
Yorker,
and
first
published
much
of
his
work
in
it.
He
died
in
New
York
in
1961,
and
is
today
recognised
as
one
of
America's
greatest
twentieth-century
humourists.
Recenzii
One
of
the
absolutely
essential
books
of
our
time
One of the great humorists
One of the great humorists
Textul de pe ultima copertă
James Thurber was one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century (and a crack cartoonist to boot). A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945, The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker, are from his uproarious and candid collection My World and Welcome to It—including the American classic "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"—as well as from The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bathroom, and Men, Women and Dogs.